Catana — girls' name
26 babies named Catana in U.S. Social Security records since 1948, with the highest year being 1948. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
58% of everyone ever named Catana was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Catana in 1948 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Catana
The Social Security Administration has registered 26 babies named Catana between 1948 and 1971, spanning 24 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Catana currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1971. The name reached its historical peak in 1948, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Catana performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 15 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Catana shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Catana in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 26 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Catana at a glance
Last recorded 1971Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Catana popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1971–1948
- Peak year (1948)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 24 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1971.
26 total births across 24 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1948 with 8 births in a single year.
Catana by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1940s
- 15 births that decade — 58% of Catana's all-time total
Catana decade highlights
- Peak decade 15 births
- Runner-up 6 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1940s was Catana's strongest decade
15 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 58% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1948–1971 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.